September Mourning

September Mourning
Emily Lazar as September Mourning
Background information
Origin	United States of America
Genres	Hard rock
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Repo Records Virgin T-Boy Records Sumerian
Website	www.septembermourning.com
Members	Emily Lazar Rich Juzwick Josh Fresia Kyle Ort
Past members	James Duran Nobuaki Hayashi Steve Podgorski Xavier Moreux Skot Christ Shawn Cameron Tommy Joe Ratliff

September Mourning is a transmedia dark culture project created by Emily Lazar and Marc Silvestri. The project centers on the fictional concept of a human-grim reaper hybrid named September (Lazar), as she navigates the world of the living and the world of the dead, her human side possessing the empathy to give some human souls a second chance. The story is presented on different media platforms, including music, comic books, and live concerts. The comic books are produced with Top Cow Productions.

The storyline of September Mourning was first created by Lazar. Marc Silvestri of Top Cow Productions became involved after Lazar pitched the idea to him via Myspace. Together, they developed the world and storyline of September Mourning. Lazar described the project:

"It’s a story line that has a musical component to it. An artistic component to it. The story line is what holds it all together. The music is like the icing on the cake. It’s very important of course, but it’s the vehicle to tell the story."

In early 2009, Lazar began to focus on the project's music. Together with guitarist and programmer Chris Egert and guitarist James Duran, Lazar began writing songs for September Mourning and touring with rotating drummers and bass players. After moving from New York to Los Angeles in late 2010, the lineup changed with Lazar becoming the only constant member.

At the 2010 San Diego Comic Con, Top Cow Productions announced the creation of Marc Silvestri and September’s concept story, September Mourning, whose preview story summary would be published that year in the first edition of their Holiday Special. In late 2011, at the San Diego Comic Con, MTV Geek announced a partnership with Marc Silvestri and September to create webisodes based on the characters in the storyline September Mourning, as well as online comics and other media for their website, and David Hine signed on as writer for the series. The unfortunate cancellation of MTV Geek led to the webisodes never coming to fruition.

At the start of 2011, Egert and Lazar began self-producing a full-length album containing the first demo songs written by the band. Melancholia was released on Repo Records exclusively in Germany on May 9, 2012, and features guest drummer Ryan Seaman of Falling In Reverse and bassist Phil Buckman of Filter. The album was mixed and mastered by Dave Ogilvie.